Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) perched on a beanstalk, Mandria, Cyprus.

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The whinchat is a small migratory passerine bird breeding in Europe and western Asia and wintering in central Africa. At one time considered to be in the thrush family, Turdidae, it is now placed in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae

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Size: 4539px × 3494px
Location: Mandria, Cyprus
Photo credit: © Ian Rutherford / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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